Skywalkers: A Love Story – IMAX Sydney Screening

Directed by Jeff Zimbalist, Co-Director: Maria Bukhonina
United States
2023
99 mins

Synopsis

Two hardcore daredevils scale the world’s highest buildings to capture jaw-dropping footage for social media and ignite passion in the process, in this thrill-filled Sundance 2024 selected doco.

It’s an extremely dangerous and illegal activity, but ‘rooftoppers’ – photogenic Angela and uber-fit Ivan – are fiercely committed to scaling treacherously tall buildings and filming themselves. The Russian duo joined forces to climb and ended up in a relationship. Extreme risks and romance are difficult bedfellows, however – and, in a funk, Angela (one of the few women in the sport) decides to climb the world’s highest building with or without her partner. The perils are immense: the 118-story Malaysian skyscraper is still under construction, and if the authorities catch her, she faces imprisonment. Captured on handheld cameras and drones, the duo’s story is spectacular, terrifying and vertigo-inducing – you’ll want to look away but can’t!

Please note SFF Flexipasses and SFF Gift Vouchers are not able to redeemed on this special event. All tickets are sold via IMAX Sydney website and box office. 

Skywalkers is so engrossing, it makes the movie clichu00e9 about u2018edge of your seatu2019 viewing seem like an understatement
Peter Howell, Toronto Star
  • Program Strand
  • Year
    2023
  • Country
    USA
  • Language
    In English and Russian with English subtitles
  • Director
    Jeff Zimbalist, Co-Director: Maria Bukhonina
  • Producer
    Jeff Zimbalist, Maria Bukhonina, Chris Smith, Tamir Ardon
  • Screenwriter
    Jeff Zimbalist
  • Cinematographer
    Renato Borrayo Serrano, Pablo Rojas Castillo, Angela Nikolau, Ivan Beerkus
  • Editor
    Alannah Byrnes, Jeff Zimbalist
  • Genre
  • Premiere
    Australian Premiere
  • Company Credits
    Sales Agent: Netflix
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